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BadBrain
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It's, supposedly, never been solved, but I believe I've solved it.
My solution has been PM'd to a moderator, so there's no question of cheating on my part.
Here's the riddle in the original:
Ic waes faemne geong, feaxhar cwene
ond aenlic rinc on ane tid;
fleah mid fuglum ond on flode swom,
deaf under ythe dead mid fiscum,
ond on foldan stop; haefde ferth cwicu.
***
And here's my translation:
I was a young lass, a frizzy-haired woman
and a singular man at the same time;
I flew with the birds and swam upon the flood,
Dove under the waves dead with the fish
And stooped upon the Earth I have left the living.
***
I eagerly await your proposed solutions. Yours may well prove superior to mine. You never know.
My solution has been PM'd to a moderator, so there's no question of cheating on my part.
Here's the riddle in the original:
Ic waes faemne geong, feaxhar cwene
ond aenlic rinc on ane tid;
fleah mid fuglum ond on flode swom,
deaf under ythe dead mid fiscum,
ond on foldan stop; haefde ferth cwicu.
***
And here's my translation:
I was a young lass, a frizzy-haired woman
and a singular man at the same time;
I flew with the birds and swam upon the flood,
Dove under the waves dead with the fish
And stooped upon the Earth I have left the living.
***
I eagerly await your proposed solutions. Yours may well prove superior to mine. You never know.